- Conservative pundit Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra have advanced to California's general election for governor.
- The Associated Press called the results of the state's "jungle primary" a week after election day, setting up a contest between a Republican and a Democrat.
- The winner will succeed term-limited Democratic incumbent Gavin Newsom, taking charge of a $4 trillion economy and addressing issues like water, affordability, and homelessness.
- Hilton, a British-born former Fox News host and U.S. citizen endorsed by Trump, previously advised former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron.
- Becerra is a former state attorney general and congressman who served as President Joe Biden's Secretary of Health and Human Services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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